Unity Bank Plc has appointed Hafiz Mohammed Bashir as the acting chairman of its Board of Directors.
Iyabo, one of the daughters of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, was also appointed as a non-executive director.
The appointments followed the retirement of Aminu Babangida as chairman of the Board of Directors and Dr. Oluwafunsho Obasanjo as a non-executive director.
A notice signed by the…
The stock market decreased by N476bn
March 20, 2023
The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Exchange Limited dropped below N30tn last week, weeks after it crossed the mark, leading to a loss of N476bn for investors.
This bearish trend started on Monday with investors losing N3bn to close at N 30.391 tn. On Tuesday, the…
Unilever exits Nigeria's home and skincare markets
March 20, 2023
Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Unilever Nigeria, has said that it will be exiting the home care and skin cleansing markets to reposition its business for sustained profitability.
This was revealed in a corporate notice to the Nigerian Exchange Limited and signed by its Company…
FG provides grants to mini-network developers.
March 18, 2023
The federal government has announced plans to award subsidies to mini-grid developers for the deployment of solar power mini-grids to 150 underserved and unserved electricity sites across seven states.
The government announced this in a statement issued by the Rural Electrification Agency on Friday.
It noted the deployment of the mini-grids would be driven by the private sector.
It said the…
Completed Lagos real estate projects fall 14% –Report
March 18, 2023
Real estate development activities in Lagos, the country’s commercial hub, plunged by 14 per cent in 2022 as a result of heightened election uncertainty, currency challenges and inflation, an Intel report said.
The report titled “Lagos Real Estate Development Pipeline…
MTN merges two financial subsidiaries
March 17, 2023
Telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria, has proposed a merger of its two finance subsidiaries; Momo Payment Service Bank Limited and Yello Digital Financial Services Limited.
This was revealed in its proposed resolutions for its 2023 Annual General Meeting scheduled to hold…
New Zealand bans TikTok on lawmakers devices
March 17, 2023
New Zealand will ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from lawmakers’ devices, officials told AFP Friday, becoming the latest Western nation to act on security fears about the platform.
TikTok will be banned on all devices with access to the parliamentary network, Parliamentary Service chief executive Rafael Gonzalez-Montero said.
The ban will start from March 31.
Gonzalez-Montero said the…
Investors lost 313bn as market capitalization fell.
March 17, 2023
Less than a month after hitting N30 trillion in market capitalization, the Nigerian Exchange Limited has suffered N313bn loss to dip to N29.915 trillion.
The market cap dropped by 1.04 in percentage terms, the same percentage as the All Share Index, which dropped 574.59…
FG installed N3bn substation power in Kwara.
March 17, 2023
The Federal Government has commenced steps to install $8m (about N3bn) 1x60MVA, 132/33KV transmission sub-station in Oro in the Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The project is expected to transform the lives of the people of Oro in particular and the entire…
Microsoft on Thursday announced a new Artificial Intelligence-powered Copilot for its Microsoft 365 apps and services. The AI-powered Copilot is designed to assist users with generating documents, emails, presentations, and much more.
Today, we are bringing the power of next-generation AI to work. Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot — your copilot for work. It combines the power of large language…

